GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Keifer Sykes (Chicago, Ill.) garnered numerous awards during and following his junior campaign on the Green Bay men’s basketball team, and the point guard will likely attract a lot of attention heading into 2014-15, his senior season with the Phoenix.

Last week, BleacherReport.com ranked its top-20 seniors in college basketball for the 2014-15 season, and Sykes found his way on the star-studded list ranked No. 9. Saying “Keifer Sykes is a name that more people should know,” Bleacher Report pointed out Sykes’ play in a stretch of non-conference games against NCAA Tournament foes Virginia, Wisconsin, Harvard and Tulsa. In those four games, Sykes averaged 26 points and 6.3 assists per game.

As a junior in 2013-14, Sykes averaged 20.3 points, 4.9 assists and 4.4 rebounds per game. He was named the Horizon League Player of the Year, an Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American and to the USBWA and NABC All-District squads.

Below is a “By the Numbers” look at Sykes entering his senior season:3 – Sykes is looking to become the sixth player in Green Bay’s Division I history to earn all-league accolades three times9 – On pace to be in the top-10 in program history in nine major statistical categories10 – Has won 10 Horizon League Player of the Week honors, tied with Detroit’s Rashad Philips for most all-time15.8 – Career scoring average, the third-highest in Green Bay’s DI history37 – Times that Sykes has shown off his 44.5-inch vertical by dunking in his career70 – Consecutive games that Sykes had started prior to missing the NIT game against Belmont77 – Times in his career that Sykes has scored in double figures, including 60 of 64 games the past two seasons415 – Free throws Sykes has made in his Phoenix career, already the most in the Division I era. With 48 more free throws, Sykes will set the all-time program record518 – Points shy of becoming just the second Green Bay player to reach 2,000 career points (Tony Bennett – 2285)1482 – Career points, ranking 10th all-time on the program’s all-time scoring ledger

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